Interchangeable capsule for preparing an infusion of coffee, and method for obtaining an infusion of said coffee

a technology of coffee and infusion, which is applied in the field of interchangeable capsules for preparing coffee infusion, can solve the problems of not working reliably in american-style coffee capsules currently on the mark

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-02-28
MACCHIAVELLI
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[0011]Therefore, the main object of the present invention is to provide an interchangeable coffee capsule which is free from the abovementioned disadvantages.

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However, the American-style coffee capsules currently on the market do not work reliably.

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[0022]In FIGS. 1-5 a preferred embodiment has been illustrated of an interchangeable capsule 100 in accordance with the teaching of the present invention.

[0023]The interchangeable capsule 100 is suited to contain in its inside a certain amount of powdered coffee for the preparation of American-style coffee according to the definition given above.

[0024]The interchangeable capsule comprises a container 101 closed by a lid 102 by known systems.

[0025]The container 101 comprises, in turn, a side wall 105, of substantially frusto-conical shape and of longitudinal axis of symmetry (Y).

[0026]At a first end 101A of the container 101 protrudes a support edge 103 of a circular crown shape, to ensure that the entire container 101 can be received in a special receptacle formed in an American-style coffee machine (not shown). Preferably, but not necessarily, the side wall 105 and the relative support edge 103 are made in one piece with a plastic material suitable for food of a known type.

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Abstract

A capsule suited to contain in its inside a mass of powdered coffee for preparing an infusion of coffee. The capsule comprises a container closed by a lid. The container is provided with a filter of the coffee / hot water infusion. The capsule is characterized in that the mass of powdered coffee is located in an annular space surrounding a central chimney. The infusion water, during at least one of its intermediate steps, converges from the annular space towards the central chimney passing first through a vertical filter.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT / IB2012 / 051012, filed Mar. 2, 2012, which claims the benefit of Italian patent application No. B02011A000101, filed Mar. 2, 2011.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates, first of all, to an interchangeable capsule for preparing an infusion of coffee, in particular of American-style coffee, from a powdered product. The invention also relates to an innovative method for preparing an infusion of coffee, in particular of American-style coffee.[0003]Let it be said that, although the present invention has advantageously, but not exclusively, application to the interchangeable capsules for preparing an infusion of American-style coffee (which the following description will make explicit reference to without thereby losing generality), the teachings of the present invention can be applied to any type of interchangeable capsule for coffee, for example to the interchange...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D85/804
CPCB65D85/8043B65D85/8055B65D85/8061
Inventor RONDELLI, RAFFAELE
Owner MACCHIAVELLI
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